Yahoo Shine – by Joanna Douglas

Now that Illinois has become the 50th state to legally allow some degree of concealed weapons, several Chicago designers are ready to cash in on the change, coming up with creative and stylish ways for interested parties to hide their firearms.

According to a Gallup poll released last year, 23 percent of gun owners are women — up 13 percent from 2005. A quick Web search turns up a large variety of handbags designed to conceal weapons, but the new trend adds fashionable apparel to the mix.   Continue reading “Fashion Designers Taking Advantage of Gun Laws”

Graphic video: Cat saves young boy from stray dog attackKMOV News 4

A video showing a household cat saving a young boy from a stray dog attack is gaining steam across the web after the child’s father posted a video of the incident to YouTube.

Roger Triantafilo says his son was riding his bike when a dog came out of nowhwere and attacked him. Within seconds the family’s cat jumped into action and ran the dog off before any more damage could be done.   Continue reading “Cat saves young boy from stray dog attack”

dollars4Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

That Russia has been pushing for trade arrangements that minimize the participation (and influence) of the US dollar ever since the onset of the Ukraine crisis (and before) is no secret: this has been covered extensively on these pages before (see Gazprom Prepares “Symbolic” Bond Issue In Chinese Yuan;Petrodollar Alert: Putin Prepares To Announce “Holy Grail” Gas Deal With China; Russia And China About To Sign “Holy Grail” Gas Deal; 40 Central Banks Are Betting This Will Be The Next Reserve Currency; From the Petrodollar to the Gas-o-yuan and so on).   Continue reading “Russia Holds “De-Dollarization Meeting”: China, Iran Willing To Drop USD From Bilateral Trade”